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Airport · TVC · Traverse City, Michigan

Traverse City, MI

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Traverse City, MI (TVC) ranks #147 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Traverse City, MI posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.3%
On-time
Top 75%
on-time, US airports
84 min
Delay when late
1.00%
Cancelled
#147 of 382
Corpus placement
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TVC on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 423,370.

Late Aircraft 30.7% (129,973 min)
Carrier 38.5% (163,199 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.8% (83,681 min)
Weather 10.9% (46,022 min)
Security 0.1% (495 min)

TVC - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (94.1%) · worst: December (88.4%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.4%

TVC - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.8% 88.1% ▼ -8.0%

TVC - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 19.8 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min20 min30 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 27.3 min 31.2 min ▲ +14.3%

TVC's average taxi-out (19.8 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2025 at 35.2 min; the lightest is October 2024 at 13.5 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Traverse City, MI.

Cancellation Rate

1.00%

503 of 50,174 flights

Diversion Rate

0.09%

47 of 50,174 flights

Delay Rate

18.7%

9,362 of 50,174 flights

Top Routes from TVC

Busiest routes to and from Traverse City, MI.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → TVC (Traverse City) 10,126 77.1% 224 mi
TVC (Traverse City) → ORD (Chicago) 10,123 80% 224 mi
DTW (Detroit) → TVC (Traverse City) 7,060 84% 207 mi
TVC (Traverse City) → DTW (Detroit) 7,060 84.8% 207 mi
MSP (Minneapolis) → TVC (Traverse City) 1,051 87.8% 376 mi
TVC (Traverse City) → MSP (Minneapolis) 1,047 82.9% 376 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → TVC (Traverse City) 765 67.6% 1,022 mi
TVC (Traverse City) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 765 61% 1,022 mi
TVC (Traverse City) → DEN (Denver) 739 75.9% 1,032 mi
DEN (Denver) → TVC (Traverse City) 737 79.6% 1,032 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → TVC (Traverse City) 554 81.9% 702 mi
TVC (Traverse City) → CLT (Charlotte) 554 81.2% 702 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Traverse City, MI, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.3%).

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

81.3% on-time 1,060,086 flights

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis, MO

81.3% on-time 687,272 flights

Memphis, TN

Memphis, TN

81.3% on-time 251,985 flights

Montrose/Delta, CO

Montrose/Delta, CO

81.3% on-time 32,233 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 50,174).

Kalispell, MT

Kalispell, MT

50,123 flights 84.4% on-time

Billings, MT

Billings, MT

51,010 flights 85.7% on-time

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

48,496 flights 83.7% on-time

Green Bay, WI

Green Bay, WI

48,314 flights 85.5% on-time

Other Airports in Michigan

Compare performance with other Michigan airports.

DTW 84.8%

Detroit, MI

Detroit · 1,488,949 flights
GRR 81.9%

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids · 195,613 flights
FNT 78.1%

Flint, MI

Flint · 31,426 flights
LAN 85%

Lansing, MI

Lansing · 21,361 flights
MBS 84.1%

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland · 20,046 flights
AZO 87.1%

Kalamazoo, MI

Kalamazoo · 17,506 flights
MQT 83.1%

Marquette, MI

Marquette · 12,906 flights
PLN 84.2%

Pellston, MI

Pellston · 9,995 flights

TVC delay-share reading

The standout signal at Traverse City, MI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 38.5% of 423,370 delay minutes across 50,174 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.3% (2.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 9,362 delayed and 503 cancelled (1.00%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (30.7% late-aircraft, 38.5% carrier, 19.8% NAS, 10.9% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, TVC is strongest in May (94.1% on-time) and weakest in December (88.4%), a 5.7-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,270 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 77.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Michigan: Michigan flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using TVC's data

TVC's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from TVC before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2025 averaged 35.2 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.